Chandigarh: Former Army chief V K Singh will attend the rally organised by Haryana's main opposition party Indian National Lok Dal in Rewari on November 1, the party's President Om Prakash Chautala has said.

The former Haryana Chief Minister had been on a whirlwind tour of the state during the past fortnight mobilising people for the rally.

The 'Samman Divas rally' is being organised to pay tributes to former Deputy Prime Minister, late Devi Lal, an INLD spokesperson said on Wednesday.

"The party has decided from this year to celebrate Lal's birth anniversary on November 1, the day when Haryana was carved out as a separate state in 1966, instead of his actual birth date as a befitting tribute to the patriarch who played a key role in shaping and development of the State," the spokesperson said.

Gen Singh, who had locked horns with the Centre on the issue of his retirement age, had last month visited Gorakhpur village in Fatehabad district to express solidarity with villagers who were protesting the setting up of a nuclear power plant in the area.

Incidentally, the INLD too has been opposing the proposed plant citing safety concerns.